ROCHESTER — A trial date has been set for the woman charged with giving an arson suspect a ride to the airport, after a pickup truck was reportedly lit on fire on Whitehall Road in March.

Rachel Hamel, 22, of 409 Old Dover Road, is facing a hindering apprehension charge, for allegedly driving an arson suspect to Manchester Airport, so he could escape police apprehension.

She allegedly gave him a ride to the airport on March 11, the day the vehicle fire was discovered on the railroad tracks on Whitehall Road.

Shortly after 2 a.m. on March 11, police found a Ford Ranger engulfed in flames. The vehicle is believed to have been used in an attempted burglary in Farmington a short time earlier.

Hamel is currently free on $2,500 personal recognizance bail.

During her arraignment on Monday, a trial for her misdemeanor-level charge has been scheduled for Oct. 7, at Rochester Circuit Court.

Police say the arson suspect in the case has not yet been arrested, but Police Capt. Paul Toussaint previously said police are expecting a grand jury indictment in the case in the near future.

He said after Hamel allegedly gave the suspect a ride to the airport, the suspect left the area. Toussaint would not say whether he left by airplane or by other means, and the suspect’s identity is not being disclosed at this time.

The hindering apprehension charge Hamel is facing is a Class B misdemeanor.